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O11ycast 0828

Don't stuff everything into metrics: log dedupe can cut costs a hundredfold

Of the three signals — logs, metrics and traces — logs are the easiest to pile up meaninglessly; using log drain for templating and then pairing it with log dedupe can cut log volume a hundredfold without losing fidelity.

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